New Jersey’s acting U.S. Attorney Alina Habba is launching an investigation into Governor Phil Murphy and Attorney General Matt Platkin for allegedly obstructing federal immigration enforcement by instructing state police not to cooperate with ICE.
Habba, a former personal lawyer for Donald Trump known for her fierce defense of the President, announced her decision during an appearance with Fox News host Sean Hannity.
She has targeted Murphy (D) and Platkin (D) over an order instructing New Jersey State Police to ignore newly filed warrants for illegal immigrants, something she notes is a threat to public safety.
“I am unfortunately going to announce on your show tonight, Sean, and I want it to be a warning for everybody that I have instructed my office today to open an investigation into Governor Murphy, to open an investigation into Attorney General Platkin, who has also instructed the state police not to assist any of our federal … agencies that are under my direction,” Habba stated.
Interim U.S. attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba announces she’s opened up an investigation into NJ Governor Phil Murphy for aiding illegal immigrants in avoiding deportation.
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— Rusty (@Rusty_Weiss) April 11, 2025
The order in question advises state police not to contact ICE—not even via phone—if they see a legitimate warrant for deportation. This is contrary to federal immigration enforcement laws.
Law enforcement that receives a notification of an “Outstanding Administrative Warrant” has been warned that they “are NOT permitted to contact ICE via the phone numbers provided.”
“That will no longer stand,” Habba added. “[Attorney General] Pam Bondi has made it clear, and so has our president, that we are to take all criminal — violent criminals and criminals – out of this country and to completely enforce federal law.”
Habba added that anybody getting in the way of enforcing those laws “will be charged in the state of New Jersey for obstruction, for concealment, and I will come after them hard.”
The US Attorney advised that the investigations will commence immediately.
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Earlier this year, Governor Murphy made a wild admission of sorts in an interview with the progressive grassroots organization Blue Wave New Jersey, claiming that he harbored an illegal immigrant in his home.
He taunted federal officials by saying “good luck” in trying to come get her.
“[NJ First Lady] Tammy [Murphy] and I were talking about – I don’t want to get into too much detail, but there is someone in our broader universe whose immigration status is not yet at the point that they are trying to get it to,” the Democrat governor confessed.
“And we said, you know what? Let’s have her live at our house above our garage. And good luck to the feds coming in to try to get her.”
Time for ICE to raid New Jersey’s Democrat Governor Phil Murphy’s home?!?!
Murphy says that he is harboring an illegal alien at his home & then threatens the feds:
“There is someone in our broader universe whose immigration status is not yet at the point that they are trying to… pic.twitter.com/7VM0myRxo1
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) February 3, 2025
Hannity pointed out that operating as a sanctuary for illegals and instructing law enforcement not to cooperate is essentially “aiding and abetting in lawbreaking.”
“That is putting the people in my state in jeopardy, in a serious predicament, and our, frankly, state officers are now being held with their hands behind their back because they have people using politics over crime and the safety of the American people,” Habba replied.
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